The Critical Double: Figurative Meaning in Aesthetic Discourse

by Paul Gordon

Over 25 centuries ago, the Greek philosopher and sophist Protagoras equated his famous notion of "man ids the measure of all things" with another that declared "on every question there are two opposing answers, including this one." The purpose of The Critical Double is to demonstrate that this second Protagorean notion constitutes one of the fundamental principles of aesthetic and rhetorical theory. This work formulates, for the firs time, a succinct...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817307109
• ISBN13: 9780817307103
• Release Date: December 1994
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"